John Cherry, the Lt. Governor, is expected to drop out - this is a move that I really didn't see coming, especially since he was the front runner. Then again, he was polling pretty poorly against the Republican candidates, so this is probably a good move for the Michigan Democratic Party.

My prediction is that we'll see a short term drop in the Democrats' polling numbers, but in the long run, the Dem will do better than Cherry would've done.

The problem is, who do you have? Andy Dillon? He's a centrist in the House who the unions don't like. He raised taxes, so he's even more unpopular. The mayor of Flint? Do we really want the mayor of Flint running the state? The mayor of Lansing - ok - he's said some wacky things before that he's been criticized for, but he's not too bad. The problem is, nobody's heard of him.

My prediction is that we'll see a short term drop in the Democrats' polling numbers, but in the long run, the Dem will do better than Cherry would've done.

The problem is, who do you have? Andy Dillon? He's a centrist in the House who the unions don't like. He raised taxes, so he's even more unpopular. The mayor of Flint? Do we really want the mayor of Flint running the state? The mayor of Lansing - ok - he's said some wacky things before that he's been criticized for, but he's not too bad. The problem is, nobody's heard of him.

Virg Bernero is the only one of the three you mentioned that I would actually go out of my way to vote for. Unfortunately, he's relatively unknown state-wide.

Does this increase the chances of the Democrats retaining the state in 2010?

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